Vehicle-wheel rim.



Unrrnn sfrarrns PATENT operon- BURGESS DARROW, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE GOODYEAR 'TIREAND RUBBE COMPANY, OF AKRON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

VEHICLE-WHEEL RIM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ft, 191.6.

Application filed February 12,1914. Serial No."818,248.

To all Uwm it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BURGEss DARnow, a citizenlof the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and Statev of Ohio, have invented new and useful Impiovements in Vehicle-Vheel Rims, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to vehicle wheel rims used for holding elastic tires thereon. Briefly, as a result of an etfort made to standardize wheels for motor vehicles, a

standard wheel embodying a felly anda telly-band are now produced by the wheel manufactured and these wheels are made to conform to different standard measurements, and the object of the invention is to utilize a portion of this standard equipment, to-witz-the felly-band, as a portion of the tire-carrying rim, and to supplement this with devices for detachably holding an elastic tire thereon. By utilizing the felly-band as a `portion Vof the tire-carrying rim, the additional weight of a supplemental rim as now structed, is obviated.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts constituting the invention to be hereinafter specifically described and illustrated 1n the accompanying drawing which forms a part hereof wherein is shown thev preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope ofthe matter hereinafter claimed.

which projects outwardly vbeyond the outer.

face 3 of the band and constitutes an abutment for a purpose to be later described. The ring is provided with a circumferentially-extending series of transverse openings 6. Applied to the opposite face of the wheel is a ring 7 the outer face of which is offset at' 8 so that the outer edge 9 thereof lies opposite to, but out 'of contact with, the

side edge of the felly-band 2 to thereby pr'ovide a longitudinally-extending channel l0. It is contemplated that the outer face 9 will be approximately iush with the seat 3 of the felly-band 2. are a pair of similarly and annularlyformed tire-retaining rings l1 and 12 having internal diameters sufficient to permit them to slide freely over the seat 3 and with their outer portionsprovided with hookshaped edges 13. The tire-retaining member 1l in practice will be passed laterally across the seat 3 and is held against lateral movement by the abutment 5 and with its Mounted on the seat 3` rounded face turned inwardly toward an elastic tire mounted on the seat 3. The tireretainmg member 12 is held from lateral movement by means ofa split annularly- :formed locking ring ll which is sprung over the outer edge 9 of the ring 7 to seat in the channel l0 and constitute a detachable abutment. for preventinglateral movement of `the member l2, and at the same time, as the members 11 and 12 are provided with medially-placed beads 15 the bead on the member l2 overhangs the locking ring ll and serves to lock it against movement. i'

It will be apparent that the two tirertaining members ll and l2, as placed in thedrawingsare adapted lfor holding what is known as a straight-side or' inextensbl selvage type of tire, but it will be apparent that by removing these rings from the seat and reversing their position to cause their hook-shaped edge to be turned toward each other, they will engage an ordinary clencher typeryof tire on the seat 3, but as this type of tire-ring is well known in the art it is thought a further description thereof is unnecessary.

yThe ring 7 is provided with a circumferentially-extending series of openings 16 complemental to the openings 6 in the ring el, and the two rings are held in position on the fclly through the medium of bolts 17 placed through' these registering openings and through suitable openings formed in the felly itself.

I claim A wheel rim comprising in combination with a felly, a folly-band seated on the periphery of the felly. a side rin-g on one side of the felllv having its outer edge projecting beyond the felly-band yto form an abutment, a side ring on the opposite side of' the felly also having its outei1 edge projecting beyond the felly and said projecting portion laterally oset from the felly band to provide a channel between the oset portion of the ring and the adjacent edge of the telly-band, the outer edge` of said offset portion being substantially Hush with the outer face of the eHy-band, a Split locking ringr seated in said channel and of a Width to form an abutment, and tire holding elenieeseize ments loosely seated upon .the felly-band and engaging said abutments qformed by the locking ring and side ring respectively.

Xn testimony whereof have hereunto Set 15 my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BURGESS DARROW.

7Witnesses R. M. LEINEN, A. J. GILHOOLY. 

